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- Artist: George Carlin
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- Release Date: 1972
- Type: Contains explicit content, Live
- Genre: Spoken Word
Review
While FM & AM was reissued on compact disc as part of the George Carlin box set The Little David Years 1971-1977, it's important to have this early groundbreaking release available again, individually, at an affordable price. FM & AM found Carlin officially poking fun at, while incorporating, his early material performed in the lounges of America and on The Ed Sullivan Show. It also marked Carlin's metamorphosis from straight-laced to hippie, intentionally embracing the growing counterculture. The record is divided into two separate manifestations of humor, making it a sort of comedy concept album. One section focused on references geared toward the more wholesome commercial oriented AM radio audience: "Son of Wino," "Ed Sullivan Self Taught," and "Let's Make a Deal," while the remaining material was intended for the "hipper" FM audience: "Drugs," "Birth Control," and "Sex in Commercials." Carlin's unabashed wit, irony, and cynicism appealed to both audiences as FM & AM won a Grammy award in 1973 for best comedy album. ~ Al Campbell, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Shoot | George Carlin | George Carlin | (5:55) |
| The Hair Piece | George Carlin | George Carlin | (2:53) |
| Sex in Commercials | George Carlin | George Carlin | (5:20) |
| Drugs | George Carlin | George Carlin | (4:23) |
| Birth Control | George Carlin | George Carlin | (5:10) |
| Son of Wind | George Carlin | George Carlin | (6:31) |
| Divorce Game | George Carlin | George Carlin | (4:29) |
| Ed Sullivan Self Taught | George Carlin | George Carlin | (3:26) |
| Let's Make a Deal | George Carlin | George Carlin | (4:48) |
| The 11 O'Clock News | George Carlin | George Carlin | (7:10) |
